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Grand County Middle School

Grand County Middle School Principal Cari Caylor recently provided The Times-Independent with a rundown of some of the important things for middle school parents to know before the school year starts, including supply lists, important dates and information about the ongoing construction project behind the school.

New hires

Grand County Middle School has had a few departures and new arrivals over the summer. The following are the new teachers and their roles:

7th and 8th Grade Science: Hannah Baggs.

7th and 8th Grade Math Special Education: Cheree Geiser.

Special Education Teacher Assistant: Raquel Schultz.

Library Teacher Assistant: Tracy Renn.

Band Director: Joshua Jensen.

Instructional Coach: Marianne Bunn.

Important dates

Orientation sessions will be held Aug. 12 at the start of each hour, from 2 p.m. until and including 6 p.m. Parents only need to attend one session.

GCMS will host a back-to-school night sometime in September, according to Principal Caylor.

Sports and activities

GCMS supports football and volleyball in the fall and girls and boys basketball in the winter. Cheer runs for both the fall and winter. Contact Ron Dolphin for details.

Drop-off information

Some of the drop-off and pick-up procedures at the middle school will be impacted by not just the middle school construction project, but also because the construction of the Radcliffe Hotel is set to begin near GearHeads. See related story, below.

“Grand County Middle School is in a time of exciting and wonderful transition,” Principal Caylor said. “Work has begun on the new school and this has necessitated some changes–all of which will be addressed at orientation.”

At the beginning of the day, parents may drop their children off on 100 East; the bus drop-off and loading zone remains where they were last year.

Students may enter the building at 7:25 a.m., and the first bell rings at 7:40 a.m. Students must be in their seats, ready to begin classes at 7:45 a.m., after which time, students will be considered tardy.

Meal times

Breakfast will be served daily in the East Wing of Grand County Middle School beginning at 7:25 a.m.

Lunch will be served daily for 7th and 8th grades combined at Grand County High School. Students will be escorted up to the high school and back from the high school for lunch by duty teachers. According to Caylor, “specific behavioral expectations will be discussed and enforced by duty teachers.”

If parents must pick students up during the lunch hour, Caylor advises them to plan ahead and pick their students up before or after lunch. If parents must sign their students out during the lunch hour, they must do so at the middle school.

End-of-day procedures

School ends at 2:35 p.m. daily. GCMS requires students who remain on campus after 2:35 p.m. to check into and abide by the rules of the BEACON after school program, or they will be asked to leave campus. Students may not be on campus unsupervised after school hours.

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The Times-Independent interviewed Grand County High School Principal Steve Hren and Grand County School District Superintendent Taryn Kay on May 11 about their experience and thoughts about the two prior months, in which local campuses closed, and students were sent home to finish off their year doing distance education amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

With physical distancing and social togetherness the name of the game amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the class of 2020 from Grand County High School will join their peers around the state, country and world to celebrate their graduation in a manner that will be altogether unprecedented and unique but will — to the degree that it is safe — bring them together to celebrate on May 28.